Birth Day | November 08, 1966 |
Birth Place | Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong |
Age | 56 YEARS OLD |
Birth Sign | Sagittarius |
Citizenship | Hong Kong Canada |
Partner(s) | Isabella Leong (2008–2011) |
Children | 3 |
Parent(s) | Li Ka-Shing Chong Yuet Ming |
Relatives | Victor Li Tzar-kuoi (brother) |
Traditional Chinese | 李澤楷 |
Simplified Chinese | 李泽楷 |
TranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu Pinyin | Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Lǐ Zékǎi Lǐ Zékǎi |
Hanyu Pinyin | Lǐ Zékǎi |
Richard Li, also known as Telecom in Hong Kong, is a renowned business tycoon whose net worth is estimated to be $4.6 billion in 2024. As the chairman of Pacific Century Group, a diversified investment group with a strong presence in the telecommunications sector, Li has played a pivotal role in shaping Hong Kong's telecom industry. His strategic acumen and visionary leadership have propelled him to great success, allowing him to amass such an impressive fortune. With his vast wealth and influential position, Richard Li continues to make significant contributions to the development of Hong Kong's telecommunications landscape.
Richard Li founded Pacific Century Group (PCG) in 1993, an Asia-based long-term private investment group with interests across three core Business pillars – financial services, Technology, media & telecommunications (TMT), and property. In 1996, Pacific Century CyberWorks (PCCW) is founded, and was later renamed to PCCW Limited. Four years later, PCCW acquired Cable & Wireless HKT, formerly known as The Hong Kong Telephone Company Ltd., and formed the company with businesses in telecommunications, media, IT solutions, property development and investment, and other businesses.
During the 2002–03 SARS outbreak, PCCW under Li's direction aided victims by providing Telecommunication services to patients, medical staff, and fundraisers; namely, they set up video conferencing for quarantined SARS victims and volunteers to communicate with their families, telephone hotline support for isolated patients and communities to receive medical and legal advice. Li also established a story time program for children kept home to prevent infection, and call centre support for charity fundraisers and community Activists.
Later, in 2007, under Li's direction PCCW volunteers participated in the District Elderly Campaign sponsored by the Oriental Daily News Charitable Fund, the Sun Charitable Fund, and Po Leung Kuk. The campaign' mission was to deliver gift packages to the elderly living in the Lower Ngau Tau Kok Estate.
In March 2011, Isabella announced to the media that the couple have ended their relationship. They have both announced that the split is amicable and that they will both take care of the children.
In October 2013, FWD Group appoint Ronald Arculli as Chairman. In April 2015 former Canadian foreign affairs minister John Baird was appointed as non-executive Director to FWD and PineBridge.